More on KING5 Seattle mayor’s poll; Donaldson surging

Seattle mayoral candidate James Donaldson has no money and hasn’t been getting any endorsements. But he has something the challengers to incumbent Greg Nickels who do have money and endorsements crave: poll numbers that are going up.

According to a Survey USA poll done for KING5 TV, the former Seattle Sonic Donaldson has improved his standing by 5 percentage points in three weeks. Donaldson is at 14 percent, trailing City Councilwoman Jan Drago (15 percent) and Nickels (24 percent). Nickels is down 1 percentage point from the previous poll; Drago is down 2.

A whopping 26 of respondents are undecided.

And where are the candidates who have more money and endorsements (businessman Joe Mallahan and environmentalist Michael McGinn)? McGinn is at 8 percent and Mallahan is at 7 percent. Money and endorsements often mean a greater get-out-the vote effort during the all-mail August primary.

The poll of 505 people was taken June 22-24 and has a margin of error of 4.5 percent.